futurala Shows Organism-Growing Game CultureHouse
The demo is playable at 404 Not Found in Shibuya as part of an ars●bit display, alongside Hanabushi and hako life's PIGGY ONE SUPER SPARK.
- When
- Oct. 15 to the end of 2026 (planned); 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
- Where
- 404 Not Found, Shibuya Sakura Stage, Tokyo
- Cost
- Free
CultureHouse, an adventure game in development by the independent studio futurala, is playable for free at 404 Not Found, a creator space in Shibuya Sakura Stage. Its demo is part of 404 Game Center: ars●bit Selection, which opened Oct. 15 and is planned to run through the end of 2026. Watch an excerpt from the trailer below.
An excerpt from the CultureHouse trailer, shown without sound. Watch the full trailer on Steam.
The player spends seven days in the home-turned-lab of a scientist missing for seven years, cultivating organisms called Geneo. The Steam page says finishing the experiment surfaces the truth about the scientist's family and a world in slow decline. ars●bit cites modernist architecture and surrealism as influences; the screenshots show white concrete villas, glass stairwells and petri dishes. futurala handles the scenario, programming, graphics and music.
The Shibuya Asobi-ba Production Committee and 404 Not Found organize the display with support from the Japan Creator Fund, and ars●bit's announcement lists free admission. Both games in it also appear in Anima Ludens, ars●bit's exhibition in Arles, through Nov. 8.
futurala began in September 2022, founded by a former 3D artist and scenario writer, according to the studio's site. ars●bit launched in March 2025, growing out of art bit, an exhibition of art and independent games at Hotel Anteroom Kyoto. hako life solo-developed UNREAL LIFE, a Japan Media Arts Festival award winner.
For more reading, see Game screens wind up in an altar and a copper girl in Arles, In Kyoto, an art hotel treated games as social diagrams and ars●bit's exhibition page.
CultureHouse screenshots via Steam.
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